A2🐺 Animals
Essere un topolino
To be very shy, timid, and quiet
Literal Translation
"To be a little mouse"
What it means
To be very shy, timid, and quiet
Example in context
"A scuola era un topolino, non parlava mai."
"At school she was a little mouse — she never said a word."
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